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Articles by Debbie Michel

  • Forecasting Hope

    Forecasting Hope

    Thirteen Churches. Two Conferences. One Mission to Reach Indianapolis.

    Debbie Michel
  • Faith Sparks Small Beginnings

    Faith Sparks Small Beginnings

    Last fall, a few Adventist students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison set up a table with a simple goal: make friends.

    Debbie Michel
  • Lake Region Mass Choir Unites Singers from Five States for 80th Anniversary Celebration

    Lake Region Mass Choir Unites Singers from Five States for 80th Anniversary Celebration

    It was a dream decades in the making—a mass choir that would draw singers from across five state lines. On Sabbath, Sept. 13, at the Lake Region Conference’s 80th anniversary celebration at Camp Wagner, that dream finally came to life.

    Debbie Michel
  • Lake Union Professional Day Prepares Andrews Seniors for the Classroom

    Lake Union Professional Day Prepares Andrews Seniors for the Classroom

    On Tuesday, Sept. 17, eight senior education majors from Andrews University gathered at the Lake Union Conference office in Berrien Springs for Professional Day—a daylong event designed to prepare soon-to-be graduates for the realities of entering the teaching workforce.

    Debbie Michel
  • South Bend Church Builds Community Around The Welcome Table

    South Bend Church Builds Community Around The Welcome Table

    On Sabbath, Sept. 5, 2025, the parking lot of the Berean Transformation Center of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Bend was transformed into a place of hope and celebration.

    Debbie Michel
  • Messages of Hope on a Wall of Solidarity

    Messages of Hope on a Wall of Solidarity

    Grand Rapids area church offers mental health support at community event

    Debbie Michel
  • Faith Sparks Small Beginnings 

    Faith Sparks Small Beginnings 

    Last fall, a few Adventist students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison set up a table with a simple goal: make friends. It didn’t go well. At their first event, a spike-ball game, only two people came — and they were both part of the fledgling ministry team.

    Debbie Michel
  • He Lost All His Friends. Ten Months Later He Gained So Much More.

    He Lost All His Friends. Ten Months Later He Gained So Much More.

    Xavier Miller began his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in fall 2024 with a growing circle of friends and an active role in his dorm. By October, that all changed when rumors began to swirl.

    Debbie Michel
  • ‘It’s Not About Being Perfect’

    ‘It’s Not About Being Perfect’

    The Body of Christ Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana held its Pentecost 2025 summer evangelistic series and 42 people declared their desire to follow Jesus, several of whom were baptized by the conclusion on Aug. 9. Here’s One New Believer’s Testimony.

    Debbie Michel
  • Fort Wayne Body of Christ Church Unites for Harvest

    Fort Wayne Body of Christ Church Unites for Harvest

    When Pastor Gordon Lindsay arrived at Fort Wayne’s Body of Christ Seventh-day Adventist Church in August 2024, he found a small, diverse congregation wrestling with identity — and largely looking inward.

    Debbie Michel